The Reading Blog
Posts about all things reading the Phonogram University way!
Welcome to the Phonogram University Blog Page. I’d like to share much more depth about the teaching of reading here. I can go on and on about reading and where better to do that than in a blog.
I hope you learn much through this blog and develop a passion for teaching reading to your children. It really is one of the most important things you can do for your child!
Today we will combine two sets of four because they are all single sound phonograms. By now, you’re getting into the rhythm of how each phonogram works, the sounds they make, and the spelling...
Let’s dive into the third set of four phonograms. I hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I enjoy writing about them! I like to think of this series as a “brain dump” of everything I know...
It’s time to dive into the second set of four phonograms! This post will be a bit lengthy again, so let’s jump right in. The phonograms we’ll cover today are: g o s qu Phonogram g Phonogram g has two...
Sorry about that first post in the series! I got a bit carried away with phonogram a and didn’t have time to dive into c, d, and f. But not to worry—this one will be shorter, as these three phonograms...
I’ve been a huge advocate of parents teaching their children to read for decades now. But I rarely find parents who are willing to undertake the huge but rewarding task of teaching a child to read...
As a reading evangelist, I’m always thrilled to hear about the positive impact of effective reading instruction. Recently, a mother shared her experience with my tutoring program, and her story...
I’ve always suggested to parents that are teaching their children to read or when I’m tutoring their children that they should use Bob Books for beginning reading. They are great stories...
Recent literature on learning challenges the conventional wisdom about failure. While I’ve traditionally advised my students against reading material significantly beyond their level to avoid...
I’ve told the story many times about how I discovered the world of the phonograms. In this blog post I’ve gone back to 1996 and pulled out some evidence of what drove me to start using the phonograms...
